Water conveyer



Oct. 20, 1925- J. E. TAYLOR WATER CONVEYER Filed June 17, 1924 WATER GONVEYER Filed June 17,"1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATESr 1.557.6za PATENT oFFlci-z.

JESSE E. TAYLOR, OF VALIER, M'O'NTAN'A, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-FOURTH TO LENA TAYLOR AND ONE-FOURTH T'O GEORGE 1V TAYLOR, SR., BOTH.' OF VALIE'R, MON

TANA.

WATER COfNVEYER.

Application filed June 17, 1924.

To all fio/1.0m i may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnssn E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Valier, in the county of Pondera, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Oonveyers;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full` clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pumps, rind particularly to the type of pumps which include an endless series of pistons.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction, and which is durable and effective in its opera-tion.

Another obj-ect is to provide a device of this character wherein the endless chain of pistons are positively guided into the water" conveying tubes, at both ends of the pump.

Another object is to improve the cons-truction of the end members of the conveyer tubes, and the means for supporting said ends.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pump made in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring particularly to the accompany- 'ing drawings, 10 represents a housing which is 4approximately semi-circular in outline, and has the bearings 11 mounted on the opposite sides thereof for rotatably supporting the ends of the transverse shaft 12. Secured to the opposite fla-t side faces of the housing are the longitudinally entending angle bars 13, the outer ends of which support the ends of a transverse rod or shaft 14. One end ofthe housing is curved, while the other end is fiat, and in this flat end Serial' No. 720,672.

there are formed openings 15 within which' are secured the corresponding` ends of two conveyingtubes 16 and 17. vrlhesaid end of the tube 17 is formed with a. plurality of diverging lingers 18, which serve as guides for the endless series of pistons which will later be described.

At a suitable distance from the housing 10 there is disposed a second similar housing 19, except that this latter housing has a 'discharge spout 20 in its lower side. The fiat end of the housing 19 is provided with openings 21 within which are secured the adjacent ends of the tubes 16 and 17. This end of `the tube 16 has the diverging guide fingers 22, similarly arranged to the lingers 18, and for a similar purpose. Formed through the opposite sides of the housing 19 are the elongated slots 23, and slidable on the outer faces of these sides of the housing are the plates 24. Each of the plates 24 is formed with four longitudinally extending slots 25 which receive the bolts 26 carried by the side of th-e housing. Secured to the inner face of each plate 24 is a smaller plate 27, and vformed on the exposed face of this smaller pla-te is a boss 28 which projects through the slot 23, and which boss is provided with an internal bushing 29. On the opposite side of the smaller plate 27, and projecting through the plate, is a shorter boss 30. Rotatably supported at its opposite ends in the said bosses 28, and with one end projecting beyond the side of the housing 19, is a transverse shaft 31, said projecting end being provided with a pulley wheel 32, for receiving power from any suitable source, although gears may be substituted for the pulley without changing the invention. One end of the sli'dabl-e plate 24 is formed with an angularly extending and apertured flange 33 in which is rotatably engaged the adjacent end of a screw 34. Carried by the inner flat end of the housing 19, and projecting beyond the opposite sides of the housing, are the apertured ears 35 through which the said screw 34 is engaged, nuts 36 being engaged on the screw on opposite sides of the ear, for the purpose Secured on each of the shafts 12 and 31,

within the respective housings 10 and 19, is

a wheel 37, which has the radiating spokes 38 each formed on its outer end with a longitudinally grooved and arcuate rim section 39. An endless cable 40 is engaged around these segmentalrim sections, of both wheels 37, and each lap passing longitudinally through one of the tubes 16 and 17. Disposed along the cable, at regularly spaced intervals, are the disks 41, each'having a central hub portion 42 through which the cable passes, set screws 43 being engaged in the hubs for engagement with the cable to maintain the disks in proper position. The spaces between the ends of adjacent rim sections 39 are adapted to receive 4the disks 41, as the cable travels around said wheels.'

On opposite sides of the housing 19 are secured the longitudinally extending angle bars 44, sii'nilar to the bars 13, but the bars 44 do not extend beyond the housing as do the bars 13. Secured to the discharge spout 20, adjacent the tube 17, are the apertured ears 45, and disposed transversely ot the housing, and through the said ears, is a rod or shaft 46. A plate 47 is disposed beneath the outer end of the housing 1() and has Va pair of upstanding apertured ears 48 which register withthe apertured-ends of the bars 13, and receive the ends of the rod 14 therethrough. A similar plate 49 is disposed beneath the inner end of the housing 19 and has the apertured earsptor the reception oi" the ends of the rod 46. These plates 47 and 49 are adaptedV to be secured to any suitable foundations, one of which is located on the bottom of a. river, stream, or like body of water, while'the other is adapted to be disv posed on shore atthe required and desired height above the water, and with its discharge spout in position to discharge into va flume, or other means of conveying the water to a point of use oi' storage. n

In the lower side ol the housing 10 there is formed an inlet opening 50 by means of which water enters the housing and the lower end of the tube 17, in position to be engaged and-.carried up through said tube, by the 4disks 41, as the cable travels around the wheels 37. y

By means of the plates 24, and the screws 34,-the` shaft-31, and the kwheel 37, carried thereby, may' be niovedto regulatetlie 'tension or the cable 40. rl`he fingers 18 and 22 guide the disks into the tube ends.

lli-at is claimed is: Y

rlhe combination with the wheel casing of one end of' a chain pump, said casing having a longitudinal slot in each sidewall and spaced openings adjacent the ends of said slots, the ends of the said sidewalls being provided with laterallydirected apertured ears, ot' a plate disposed longitudinally on a side wall ot the casing in cover- `in'g rel-ation to said slot andopenings, said 'plateA having a central opening alining with 'the slot and arranged toreceive a shaft end therein, said plate having longitudinal slots aliningwitli said openings, securing means through the last-named slots and said openings, on'e end of the .plate having alaterally directed apertured flange, and an adjusting screw disposed lthrough said` apertured ear and said apertured flange.V j

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JESSE E. TAYLOR. 

